Thinkerbell Launches 'More Can Do' Platform for GWM Cannon Ute Range

GWM has launched new work for its Cannon and Cannon Alpha utes under a single range platform 'More Can Do'.

Developed in partnership with creative agency Thinkerbell, 'More Can Do' shifts the conversation away from adventure clichés and back toward capability, usefulness and ‘utility’ where utes originally earned their place in Kiwis’ and Aussies’ lives.

The 'More Can Do' platform unites the Cannon range and aligns with the GWM brand promise of 'Go With More'.

The platform is grounded in a simple insight: humans have a fundamental desire to feel useful, and the GWM Cannon range has the utility to make you more handy to more people on more occasions.

GWM’s new approach reframes strength as the ability to step up, help out, and get more done, whether at work, at home, or somewhere up a mountain. Highlighting a range that spans turbo-diesel workhorse credentials through to electrified performance and advanced off-road capability, as shown on the range-topping Cannon Alpha Hi4-T.

Steve Maciver, head of marketing at GWM Australia and New Zealand, said the new platform reflects both where the category has drifted and where Cannon can credibly lead it.

“Utes have never stopped being about strength, but the category has narrowed how that strength is shown,” he said.

“In Australia and New Zealand, utes remain one of the most important and fiercely contested parts of the new car market, because they’re relied on every single day. With the Cannon range, we’re shifting the focus back to usefulness -- to what these vehicles actually enable people to do.

"‘More Can-Do’ brings our entire range together under a single, confident idea that’s about real capability, not just image, and cements our place in a category that rewards vehicles that genuinely deliver.”

Thinkerbell’s head tinker, Sean McNicholas, said, “The category keeps telling Kiwis and Aussies that strength looks like escape, but the truth is, strength is about being relied on. About being actually useful when it counts. This platform puts that utility back in you via our utes -- and that’s a far more powerful behaviour to own than beach holidays.”

The 'More Can-Do' platform will roll out nationally across brand, retail and comms, setting a long-term strategic foundation for the Cannon range as it continues to expand.